Celebrity Birthdays for August 6 – M. Night Shyamalan, Vera Farmiga and More

M. Night ShyamalanAge: 42Occupation: Screenwriter, Director and ProducerKnown For: Movies with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings such as the Oscar-nominated ‘The Sixth Sense,’ other films including ‘Signs,’ ‘The Village’ and ‘The Last Airbender,’ and co-founding the production company Night Chronicles

Vera FarmigaAge: 39Occupation: ActressKnown For: Her Oscar-nominated turn in 2009′s ‘Up in the Air,’ other films such as ’15 Minutes’ and ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,’ and her upcoming role as Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie in the biopic ‘The Drummer’

Merrin DungeyAge: 41Occupation: ActressKnown For: Playing Kelly Palmer on ‘The King of Queens,’ Francie Calfo on ‘Alias,’ Kitty Kernaban on ‘Malcolm in the Middle,’ and Susannah on the WB drama series ‘Summerland’

Soleil Moon FryeAge: 36Occupation: ActressKnown For: Her childhood role as TV’s ‘Punky Brewster,’ later work in ‘Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,’ posing for men’s magazines like Playboy and Maxim, and being part-owner of The Little Seed, an environmentally-conscious children’s specialty boutique in Los Angeles